NASA has developed the ‘superelastic tire’, a game changing compliant tire as a viable alternative to the pneumatic tire. This innovation, called the Superelastic Tire, was developed for future Mars missions, but is a viable alternative to pneumatic tires here on Earth. This technology represents the latest evolution of the Spring Tire which was invented by NASA Glenn and Goodyear, ... Read More »

This little guy is an alkali fly. Unlike most winged insects, it has the very unusual habit of laying eggs and foraging beneath the surface of the salt-filled Mono Lake of Yosemite National Park. Mark Twain even wrote about this peculiar behavior in his 1872 memoir Roughing it, playfully noting: “You can hold them underwater as long as you please ... Read More »

An amazing time-lapse video taken by a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS) captured what appears to be a “fireball” entering the earth’s atmosphere, along with a massive lightning show. Astronaut Paolo Nespoli posted this gif on November 16, a close-up view of time-lapse footage he’d gathered on November 5 and shared with the ... Read More »

The head of a dead man has been attached to the neck of another corpse in a test run for the world’s first body transplant on a living person, a controversial neurosurgeon said yesterday. The world’s first human head transplantation has been successfully performed on a corpse in China, suggesting it may be possible on a living person, Italian professor ... Read More »

NASA could have been caught out “faking” the lunar landings amid claims a “stage hand” can be seen photographed in the reflection of an astronaut’s visor who was supposedly on the moon. A conspiracy theory video uploaded to YouTube suggests a human figure not wearing a space suit has been captured on camera during the 1972 Apollo 17 landing. As ... Read More »

An ancient sea monster hunted to extinction has been discovered on a remote Russian island. The headless remains of a Steller’s sea cow were found by nature reserve officials on the far flung Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. The 20-foot (six-metre) long beast died out in the 18th century because they were sitting targets for harpoon hunters, having no ... Read More »

Good news for dog owners: Man’s best friend may help lower a person’s risk of heart disease, a new study from Sweden finds. A total of more than 3.4 million individuals without any prior cardiovascular disease in 2001 were included in the researchers’ study linking together seven different national data sources, including two dog ownership registers. The results are being ... Read More »

The UAE’s Mars project Hope is on track while the work on the Dh500-million Mars City in Dubai has started and will be completed in 30-month time, said a senior official of the UAE Space Agency. The project, which was unveiled at the annual meetings for the UAE government in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, encompasses laboratories for food, energy and ... Read More »

A teenage girl has died in Vietnam after being electrocuted in her sleep by her faulty iPhone charging cable. Le Thi Xoan, aged 14, had reportedly rolled over onto the torn cable and had as a result been exposed to the live wire, police in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi said. Police in Hanoi, Vietnam, found a burnt white cable on ... Read More »

University of Stirling researchers found that doses of a neonicotinoid pesticide at similar levels to those found in agricultural fields interfered with the type of vibrations the bees produce as they collect pollen, significantly reducing the number of pollen grains collected. Dr Penelope Whitehorn, who led the study, said: “Our result is the first to demonstrate quantitative changes in the ... Read More »

Researchers working for the US space agency believe they have found the most likely candidates in space for life, including the icy moons Enceladus and Europa. And experts now think they may confirm the existence of aliens in as soon as 20 years time. As a young scientist, Tony del Genio of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New ... Read More »